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Jatāyus succeeded in breaking Rāvana's bow. but—

“A second bow soon armed his hand,
Whence pointed arrows swift and true
In hundreds, jea, in thouands flew."^[1]

The giant 's arrows wounded the vulture; the vulture in return threw darts which injured Rāvana, struck

JATAYUS.

the steeds of the chariot, and broke the chariot itsell; whilst with his beak and claws he tore the coachman

1. Griffiths's “Rāmāyana," iii, 237.